The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-02

town of Florence; went nrSt 10 JackSOnS
store, where 1 got some rice, sugar, to-
bacco and thread; it was charged to me;
don't remember the hour, but the mail
had come in from Georgetown; it is due
there at O'Clock; / wenC to the postoffice,
rode my mare, got postal card, think
, it was, returned to Jackson's store, got
my tricks and went home; carried the
things in my saddle bags; on the way
home met two men named Shotfner and
Deer, and stopped and talked to them
few minutes talked about my colt;
talked to them about ten minutes, l
reckon; then wrnt on up the lane, where
l met Mr.. Steve Kirk, who lives at Flor
ence; had just taken out his work horse
for the night; we talked about crops; his
little boy said something about
MY colt; while We we're talk
ing John Kennedy came up and COM
menced talking first about getting a
wagon from his father; he also said some
thing about my colt, and then he said he
would come up and play dominoes that
night he did not come; went on home,
and got there little after sundown; my
wife and children were there; l have four
children; the Oldest is about six years old;
the youngest child was year old on May
10; my wife and spoke of its being the
baby's birthday; retired to bed at my
usual time, about 8 o'clock; 1 don't re-
member whether we had warm or cold
supper; have clock; next morning l
went to planting cotton, without the
planter; I fixed up planter of my own,
and my wife he'll ped me; planted cotton
on Thursday and Friday, and had planted
the Monday and Tuesday before; my
wife helped me then, also; it rained
on Tuesday night, and it was too
wet to plant cotton on Wednesday,;
Mr.. Olive was the first man who told me OF
the robbery when he came to arrest me-;
this was Saturday about 2 O'Clock; was
In the field; did not go to the house; had
mare and colt and bold faced bay pony;
the latter is my brothers; he left him
there last fall; the pony got away this
spring and 1 did not get him back until
about three weeks before l was arrested;
caught him on the range; took him nome
and hobbled him watered him every
other day; water was scarce; had taken
him into the field to water him when Ollve
arrested me; when I found the horse he
had evidently been ridden hard; he was
bare-footed when he got away, and was
shod in front when 1 got him again; l
never rode the horse; don't remember if
Olive asked me who the horse belonged to-;
one of the men asked about the mare,and
when we were on the road; Mr.. Hoyle asked
me who owned the horse;I told him it was
brother Johns there were three men who
arrested me; when l was put In jail at
Georgetown gave them my knife, watch
and pocket book, and 1 called Mr.. Taylor
to witness my giving it up; had 500;
thers were four twenties and four tives; |
have never seen my property since; met
Mr.. Lucy in Round Rock; they first took
me to Florence, to the old grain store
where goods were kept; no one went to
the house to tell my wife was arrested;
1 rode my mare, the colt following; l
asked permission to go to the house to
get my coat; said wouldn't need any; l
asked what was arrested for, and If they
had any papers; they said was into the
mail robbery; at Florence l went to Jack
sons store; wanted to have an examin-
ing trial there, and they rushed me off
right away; got to Georgetown about 8
O'Clock; Olive did not tell me,
at first, when the robbery occurred;
1 heard them talking about it going to
Georgetown; 1 told them of my move
ments before and after the time; remem-
Der seeing W. A. Crowder in the calaboose;
1 came from Georgetown to Round Rock
on the train, and on the train to Austin;
was here taken to the calaboose; Mr.. Olive
had me in charge, but one of his deputies
and Mr.. Lucy took me up to the Gala
boose; l stayed there until Thursday, when
Bell and Kinnerly took me to jail; Lucy
told me the day before that lwould be trans
ferred; talked with Lucy once or twice
day while in the caaboose; there was
always one or two around at the time
effort was made to get me to make state,
ment; Olive offered me $1,000, and II
was sent to the pehitentiary, and ne
couldn't get me out any other way, he
would break me out; Lucy offered me IN
ducements, but don't remember them
I suppose they wanted me to tell the truth
told nothing, for 1 knew nothing to tell
have been in jail since about Thursday;
was not present when the robbery oc-
CURED; know nothing about it, nor any
one connected with it living or dead
knew of nothing whatever about it; never
heard of it till l was arrested; L. j. Bar
bour is my fathers name; he was sub
scriber for the Georgetown Sun; he llvec
near Florence, about 200 yards from me
he left on the 18th or Goth OF February fol
V1nita, 1. T.; have received several let
ters from him; he subscribed for the
Georgetown Sun and The WEEKLY Aus
TIN STATESMAN; he told me 1 could take
out his papers until he Lad them changed
think it comes out on Thursday or Fri
day; am not certain; both papers gel
there the same time; 1 got both at the
same time; 1 have no distinct recol
lection of getting any one particu
lar paper; 1 got them regularly
have no idea how that piece of paper go
to MCNEIL; had no bacon at my house
on the 18th or 18th of May; it had beer
about month since had any; we live OF
milk and butter mostly; Mr.. Olive showed
me the piece of paper on Sunday, after
was arrested; it looked like it was greasy
don't know that it looked greasier thai
now; 1 have no recollection of any ont
being at my house shortly before the 18th
my house is not locked; when my wife ant
I am in the field, we sometimes shut the
door and some times not; they are com
mon door fastenings, but no looks; any
one could go in without breaking the door
one end of the rows would be about 2OC
yards from the house, and the other enc
300 or 400 yards; the house stands nortf
of the field, which contains twenty acres
when we would turn in the rows our backs